dark knight

soooo me & the family went to see some friends today, rewatched the dark knight. we saw it on a 70 inch tv in blu-ray with full surround sound lol. my dad's friend's such a geek xD

anyway i'd forgotten how sweet both the music and the script were. the music during that scene where gordon's pleading with dent was so intense....and the little kid crying just made it (lol)
while it was a little distracting to see it in such intense hd (what with all the imperfections in people's faces, etc) i think overall it was nice to see all the actors' expressions and all the special effects so up close. the giant 18-wheeler flip actually took me by surprise, i'd forgotten all about it lol.

(spoilers)
the ending seemed a little quick to me this time around. the first time i saw it was in a theater with friends and i didn't know how long it was gonna be- since its such a long movie i was kinda expecting it to wind down and end when it did. tonight i was sorta surprised by how quickly it ended after dent's death, i guess i was expecting a longer speech about how the batman is whatever gotham needs him to be, yadda yadda.

i think i'll have to watch it again to figure out why, but something about this movie bothered me a bit. it certainly wasn't the acting....
oh i remember. i still don't fully understand why rachel was moved and what that whole situation with her, dent and the police was about. i didn't get it the first time i saw the movie, but i thought maybe i just hadn't been paying attention and had missed something. i know this time i was definitely watching closely, but i still somehow managed to not understand what went down when dent and rachel were tied up and rigged to explode. it's probably something simple, but i don't understand why the police moved rachel, where they moved her....i'm usually the one who explains these kinds of things to people, so i'm frustrated that i still don't really understand what happened, even after seeing the film a second time.
oh well. i'll probably go read some plot summary or have somebody explain it to me. despite not getting that (which is really irritating and would usually spoil the whole movie), i still really liked it.

i'm just glad to know the it has rewatch value. so many films are great the first time around, but when you know the twists are coming and stuff it's less exciting and seems to drag. or maybe that's just me.
personally i think what makes a really good movie is if you're rewatching it and, even though you know what's coming, the way events are built up and the suspense created around them makes it possible to still get on the edge of your seat in anticipation for what's next.

while it's in no way my favorite movie of all time (like i could ever narrow it down) i'm glad i could enjoy the dark knight a second time around. i'll definitely be picking up both the soundtrack and the movie when i can.